2021 Book Priorities

Books to read, cull, or forward (in the case of changed release dates) in 2021.

Progress: 9 of 27

  1. The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho – culled
  2. Dark One Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson
  3. As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool – read
  4. Gideon the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir
  5. The Original – Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal
  6. The Scapegoat – Daphne du Maurier
  7. The Fortune Teller – Gwendolyn Womack
  8. Compete to Create – Michael Gervais and Pete Carroll
  9. Devil’s Night – Todd Ritter
  10. The Haunting of Brynn Wilder – Wendy Webb – culled
  11. Grandma Gatewood’s Walk – Ben Montgomery
  12. Half Light – Tayari Jones – culled
  13. Off Menu – Nell McShane Wulfhart – read
  14. Unhallowed Graves – Nuzo Onoh
  15. The Reluctant Dead – Nuzo Onoh
  16. The Regrets – Amy Bonnaffons – culled
  17. Elatsoe – Darcie Little Badger – culled
  18. The Postscript Murders – Elly Griffiths (March)*
  19. Rule of Wolves – Leigh Bardugo (March) – culled
  20. Bridge of Souls – Victoria Schwab (March)* – read
  21. Wilde Child – Eloisa James (March)* – read
  22. Mister Impossible – Maggie Stiefvater (May)*
  23. One Great Lie – Deb Caletti (June)
  24. Any Way the Wind Blows – Rainbow Rowell (July)*
  25. Survive the Night – Riley Sager (July)
  26. The Heart Principle – Helen Hoang (August)
  27. Cytonic – Brandon Sanderson (Nov)*

* Guaranteed reads

It’s only April 15th, but I have an unusually high number of books on my TBR right now, so I’m making a further list below.

  • Sitting Pretty – Rebekah Taussig
  • Instant Karma – Marissa Meyer
  • Being Human – Robert Sapolsky
  • Coffeeland – Augustine Sedgewick
  • It Could Be Worse: A Girlfriend’s Guide for Runners who Detest Running – Beth Probst
  • Gut Feelings: The Microbiome and Our Health – Alessio Fasano
  • The Happy Runner: Love the Process, Get Faster, Run Longer – David Roche
  • This is All I Got – Lauren Sandler
  • The Body is Not an Apology – Sonya Renee Taylor
  • Ghosts of the Tsunami – Richard Lloyd Parry
  • Testimony – Mark Chadbourn
  • Understanding Exposure – Bryan Peterson
  • Inventing Niagara – Ginger Strand
  • Apples Never Fall – Liane Moriarty (Sept)
  • The Last Anniversary – Liane Moriarty
  • Nomadland – Jessica Bruder
  • Building Your Resilience – Molly Birkholm
  • Atomic Habits – James Clear
  • Forging Divinity – Andrew Rowe
  • Exercised – Daniel Lieberman
  • The Drowning Kind – Jennifer McMahon
  • Any Sign of Life – Rae Carson
  • Hikertrash – Erin Miller
  • Fugitive Telemetry – Martha Wells
  • Fierce as the Wind – Tara Wilson Redd
  • Snowflakes – Ruth Ware
  • Fitness for Every Body – Meg Boggs
  • Instructions for Dancing – Nicola Yoon
  • All Our Hidden Gifts – Caroline O’Donoghue
  • Take a Look at the Five and Ten – Connie Willis
  • Ace of Spades – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
  • The Second Blind Son – Amy Harmon